"I took this beautiful picture and wanted to share it with you," Victoria Beckham Tweeted this weekend. "Baby Harper cuddling Daddy! x VB."

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David also chose this weekend to reveal his much talked about new tattoo, just below his collarbone, bearing his daughter's name. He removed his shirt following LA Galaxy's game against FC Dallas on Saturday, where Beckham set up all of his team's goals.

Updated Tuesday July 19, 10.10am: Sales of To Kill A Mockingbird have more than doubled since the weekend when David Beckham revealed that the author, Harper Lee, was one of the inspirations for his daughter's name, Amazon has confirmed.

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"One reason is Harper's an old English name which we loved - and one of the other reasons was Victoria's favourite book is To Kill A Mockingbird and the author was Harper Lee," Beckham said. "It's a very strong, passionate book. That's where Harper came from."

The increase in sales, by 123 per cent the Daily Mail reports, has resulted in the book sitting at number 38 in the bestsellers charts - and it's sure to rise more over coming weeks. First published in 1960, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel observes inequality and injustice in the Deep South. It is Harper Lee's only published work.

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The footballer spoke to press about his newborn for the first time before he took to the pitch on Saturday where his team L.A. Galaxy took on his former side Real Madrid. Beckham sported new football boots in pink and white in honour of Harper's birth, customised with the names of his four children. Beckham also revealed that while he was playing and the boys were watching, Victoria was at home with her little girl.

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"She's doing great. She's feeding great. She's healthy," David told Hollyscoop of Victoria. "She's looking after our little one so we're going to head home and give her a big kiss when we get in."

The couple each posted a picture of the other with baby Harper on their Facebook pages this weekend.

Updated Friday July 15, 8.17am: Victoria Beckham has spoken for the first time about her new daughter, last night Tweeting "Baby Harper is the most beautiful baby girl I have ever seen, I have fallen in love all over again!!!"

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It seems she is not the only one thrilled to meet the new arrival as she went on to express the joy of Harper's three elder brothers: "We all feel so blessed - and the boys love their baby sister so much!!! X VB."

It is thought that the designer, who gave birth via caesarean on July 10, will raise her daughter in the US, where she and husband David have lived with their three sons - Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz - for the past four years. "She wants Harper to grow up in a place where she can have the amazing childhood the boys have had," a source told the Sun. "Where they live now, they can play on the beach at the weekend, swim outdoors every day and have a great lifestyle growing up in the sunshine."

"I am so proud and excited to announce the birth of our daughter Harper Seven Beckham," David announced on his Facebook page. "She weighed a healthy 7lbs 10oz and arrived at 7.55 this morning, here in LA. Victoria is doing really well and her brothers are delighted to have a baby sister. xx"

The middle name Seven includes the family's newborn daughter in her father's sporting history, after he played in the number seven shirt for both Manchester United and England. The name Harper, which a spokesperson revealed the couple liked because it was an "old English name" also has links to the baby's country of birth, as the name of renowned American novelist Harper Lee.